Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/ Mechanically-minded travel Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:39:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 A New Exhibition in Paris on the Inspiration, Design and Creation of the Statue of Liberty https://mechtraveller.com/2026/09/a-new-exhibition-in-paris-on-the-inspiration-design-and-creation-of-the-statue-of-liberty/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/09/a-new-exhibition-in-paris-on-the-inspiration-design-and-creation-of-the-statue-of-liberty/#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:39:32 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13452 The Musée des Arts et Métiers (MuAM) in Paris is opening an 11-month exhibition on the Design and Creation of the Statue of Liberty. Lady Liberté: Sweat, Boldness, Genius traces the technical odyssey behind the universal monument. Marking the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence, the exhibition highlights the industrial, human, and […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/09/a-new-exhibition-in-paris-on-the-inspiration-design-and-creation-of-the-statue-of-liberty/feed/ 0 An October opening date for the ‘Royal Marines Experience’ at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard https://mechtraveller.com/2026/08/an-october-opening-date-for-the-royal-marines-experience-at-portsmouth-historic-dockyard/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/08/an-october-opening-date-for-the-royal-marines-experience-at-portsmouth-historic-dockyard/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:10:06 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13440 Royal Navy Museums has announced a date for the new £15m Royal Marines Experience at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The former Royal Marines Museum closed in 2017 with plans to move to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and create a new centre for Royal Marines heritage. Over the last 9 years, the Royal Navy Museums Team have carefully […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/08/an-october-opening-date-for-the-royal-marines-experience-at-portsmouth-historic-dockyard/feed/ 0 Le Château de Pignerolle U-Boat HQ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/08/le-chateau-de-pignerolle-u-boat-hq/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/08/le-chateau-de-pignerolle-u-boat-hq/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:51:03 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13410 It’s hard to imagine the U-boat war being conducted from a group of bunkers in the wooded grounds of a château just outside Angers, miles from the coast and the U-boat bases. But that’s exactly the point. The British raid on Saint-Nazaire in March 1942 (Operation Chariot) really un-nerved both Kriegsmarine commander Grand Admiral Raider, […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/08/le-chateau-de-pignerolle-u-boat-hq/feed/ 0 National Motor Museum to leave Beaulieu https://mechtraveller.com/2026/08/national-motor-museum-to-leave-beaulieu/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/08/national-motor-museum-to-leave-beaulieu/#respond Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:09:14 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13385 That’s a bit of a shock! It’s a bit like hearing the ravens are quitting the Tower of London. Yesterday, the National Motor Museum Trust issued a statement announcing that it has begun the process of identifying a new home for the National Motor Museum as its current lease at Beaulieu is approaching the end […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/08/national-motor-museum-to-leave-beaulieu/feed/ 0 Free French Monument to the Liberation of Larchamp & Ernée https://mechtraveller.com/2026/08/free-french-monument-to-the-liberation-of-larchamp-ernee/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/08/free-french-monument-to-the-liberation-of-larchamp-ernee/#respond Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:24:16 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13379 (And the rescue of a wounded American soldier) This roadside monument on a long straight stretch of the D31 road between the villages of Larchamp and Ernée in the Mayenne department of France, marks the point of first contact on 4th August 1944 between US troops advancing south from Normandy, German forces holding Ernée, and […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/08/free-french-monument-to-the-liberation-of-larchamp-ernee/feed/ 0 The UK’s first electric tour boat https://mechtraveller.com/2026/07/the-uks-first-electric-tour-boat/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/07/the-uks-first-electric-tour-boat/#respond Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:35:26 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13360 The Silver Raven, which started operating the official 40-minute ‘Tower of London River Tours’ on the Thames in March this year, is the UK’s first electric tour boat. She is one of the new generation of river craft on an increasingly greener artery through London’s heartland. “It’s got to happen,” says her captain, Chris Manktelow. […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/07/the-uks-first-electric-tour-boat/feed/ 0 Bomb ship’s dangerous masts are finally to be removed https://mechtraveller.com/2026/07/bomb-ships-dangerous-masts-are-finally-to-be-removed/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/07/bomb-ships-dangerous-masts-are-finally-to-be-removed/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:46:33 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13346 The government says that work to remove the three masts from the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery in the Thames estuary will begin in early September. SS Richard Montgomery was a WW2 American Liberty ship that dragged her anchor while waiting to unload her cargo of munitions on 20 Aug 1944. She ended up […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/07/bomb-ships-dangerous-masts-are-finally-to-be-removed/feed/ 0 Review: Imperial War Museum, London https://mechtraveller.com/2026/07/review-imperial-war-museum-london/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/07/review-imperial-war-museum-london/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:11:33 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13319 The Imperial War Museum (IWM) in Lambeth, South London is one of the world’s best known military museums, and the parent to four branches of Imperial War Museums: IWM North in Manchester, IWM Duxford near Cambridge, The Churchill War Rooms in Westminster, and HMS Belfast on the Thames. It was originally formed in 1917, a […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/07/review-imperial-war-museum-london/feed/ 0 Historic Sunbeam 1000hp restoration completed https://mechtraveller.com/2026/06/historic-sunbeam-1000hp-restoration-completed/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/06/historic-sunbeam-1000hp-restoration-completed/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:08:22 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13230 National Motor Museum engineers have successfully restored the World Land Speed Record breaker Sunbeam 1000hp car, in time for its planned 100th anniversary run at Daytona Beach in the USA next year. The restoration project has taken over three years, with many additional years of preparatory work. It has tested the Museum’s workshop team, led […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/06/historic-sunbeam-1000hp-restoration-completed/feed/ 0 Five minute EV FLASH charging from BYD https://mechtraveller.com/2026/06/five-minute-ev-flash-charging-from-byd/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/06/five-minute-ev-flash-charging-from-byd/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:55:50 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13201 Electric vehicle manufacturer BYD have just demonstrated their FLASH charging system for the first time in the UK. This could be something of a game-changer. As we all know, one of the main disadvantages of electric vehicles is the time it takes to re-charge. Despite improved charging systems, you simply can’t pull into a service […]

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